Tina Tang的部落格

Boys and Girls – By Alice Munro (Initiation Story)

Initiation

Initiation is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society.

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiation

Confirmation

Confirmation is a rite of initiation in several Christian denominations, normally carried out through anointing, the laying on of hands, and prayer, for the purpose of bestowing the Gift of the Holy Spirit.

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_(Christian_sacrament)

The Catcher in the Rye 麥田捕手

Sparknotes: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/catcher/

terr-

territory

terrain

terrify

Who do you think who you are? 你以為你是誰?

magni- à stands for something big

magnificent

magnanimous

magnitude

-itis à inflammation

bronchitis

sinusitis

colitis

Danny Boy

Declan Galbraith: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJJd_3zvmd0

Celtic Woman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DquA6KyHTos

Johnny Cash: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_d6d-E_DwQ

Synecdoche

A synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something, or vice-versa. An example is referring to workers as hired hands.

Elizabeth

Cate Blanchett

male- à stands for something bad

malediction

malefaction

malefic

Let it GO

Idina Menzel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moSFlvxnbgk

Demi Lovato: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHue-HaXXzg

Le Morte d’Arthur

Guinevere

wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinevere

-ception

perception

conception

misconception